How Slash Fiction Saved Star Trek (Ft. Mary Chieffo)

Slash fiction and fan fiction in general has always been a derided part of the fandom community. But without the pioneering efforts of many fan fiction and slash fiction writers, we wouldn’t have Star Trek or science fiction as we know it today! So let’s dive into the complex relationship between slash fiction and Star Trek.

Directed/Edited/Written by Jessie “Gender” Earl

FEATURING THE TALENTS OF
✔Council of Geeks, YouTuber -    / councilofgeeks  
✔Jarrah Hodge, Women at Warp podcast -   / jarrahpenguin  
✔Vi La Bianca, Secular Sexuality podcast -    / @secularsexuality  
✔Christy Powell, Secular Sexuality podcast -    / @secularsexuality  
✔TriAngulum Audio Studios, YouTuber -    / @triangulumstudiosaudiocomics  
✔Lore Reloaded, YouTuber -    / @lorereloaded  
✔Trek on the Tube, YouTuber -    / @trekonthetube  
✔Mary Chieffo, Star Trek Discovery -   / marythechief  
✔Jessica Lynn Verdi, EasyAllies -   / jessicaverdi  
✔Ketwolski, YouTuber -    / @ketwolski  
✔Steve Shives, YouTuber -    / stevelikes2curse  
✔Brie Beecher, YouTuber/Cosplayer -    / @trekcentral  
✔Hector Navarro, DC Daily -   / hectorisfunny  

FOOTAGE CREDITS
✔Star Trek: The Original Series ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: The Next Generation ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: The Animated Series ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: The Motion Picture ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: Generations ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek (2009) ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: Discovery ©ViacomCBS
✔Star Trek: Picard ©ViacomCBS
✔The Twilight Zone ©ViacomCBS
✔For the Love of Spock ©455 Films
✔Lost in Space ©Disney
✔Reading Rainbow ©WNED
✔Ballad of Bilbo Baggins ©Disney

FURTHER READINGS
✔Star Trek The Motion Picture Novelization by Gene Roddenberry
✔The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek by Edward Gross & Mark A. Altman

FEATURED FAN ART AND FICTIO
✔Devra Langsham
✔Sherna Comerford
✔Diana Merchent
✔Jennifer Guttridge
✔Joyce Yasner
✔Lemon.Aid
✔Lzi-jeevas
✔Barbara P. Gordon
✔Spockinalia
(I WAS UNABLE TO SOURCE ALL THE FAN ART CREDITS, IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT CREDITED, PLEASE DM ME ON TWITTER AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO CREDIT THEM!)

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